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The Marvin J. Malecha Papers contains drawings, concept sketches, models, correspondence, speeches, articles and papers, publications, personal notes, conference notes, presentation materials, photographs, and other materials related to Malecha's career in architecture, design teaching, and research. The bulk of the collection, comprised of faculty papers and architectural drawings and sketches, highlights Malecha's career as an educator and an architect. These papers document Malecha's tenure as a faculty member and Dean of the School of Design (later the College of Design) at North Carolina State University. Additional materials cover Malecha's position as President of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), as well as his involvement with various architectural associations such as the European Association of Architectural Education (EAAE), the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA), and the European Network of Heads of Schools of Architecture (ENHSA). The Drawings and Models and the Project Files contained in the collection further demonstrate Malecha's career as a practicing architect. The materials range in date from 1966 to 2015. Marvin J. Malecha (1949-2020), former dean of North Carolina State University’s College of Design and professor of architecture, has had a multi-faceted career encompassing administration, education, research, professional service, authorship, and practice as an architect. Malecha served as Dean of the College of Environmental Design at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona for more than a decade before taking over the position of dean at NC State University's School (later College) of Design in 1994. Throughout his career, he was involved in a number of professional associations and organizations related to architecture and architecture education. From 1989 to 1990, he was president of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA). He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and was elected from 2008 to 2009 to serve as First Vice-President/President Elect of the AIA. In 2009, he was officially elected as President of the AIA. He regularly attended meetings, workshops, and conferences held by organizations such as the AIA, the European Association of Architectural Education (EAAE), the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA), and the European Network of Heads of Schools of Architecture (ENHSA). In December 31, 2015, Marvin Malecha retired as Dean of the College of Design to pursue the position of president and chief academic officer at the NewSchool of Architecture and Design in San Diego, California. Less

The Mary R. Boone Papers contain newspaper clippings, photographs, photocopies of newspaper clippings, articles, and cartoons relating to the proposed ratification of the Equal Rights amendment and Mary R. Barnes Boone's participation in a hunger strike in support of ratification. While the material is primarily focused on the hunger strike, documents relating to Boone's experiences as a feminist and supporter of the Equal Rights Amendment are also contained in the collection, including her correspondence with the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints regarding her views. An audioreel of Sonia Johnson's speech at North Carolina State University, and January 1983 edition of Life Magazine: The Year in Pictures are included in this collection, along with various ephemera related to the aforementioned topics. Mary R. Boone was a student at North Carolina State University in 1982, and she belonged to a group that brought Sonia Johnson to campus to speak. Johnson had just authored the book titled From Housewife to Heretic, an account of Johnson's personal journey as a previous member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and a supporter of the Equal Rights Ammendment. Johnson's speech inspired Boone (then known as Mary Barnes) to join with six other women in a hunger strike to support the Equal Rights Amendment, then being considered by the states for ratification. Though the Equal Rights Ammendment failed to pass, the hunger strike generated much publicity and interest, even inciting sympathy fasts among supporters of the protest group. Less

The Mary Yarbrough Papers (1825-2012) contains a variety of materials including correspondence, photographs, publications, music books, news clippings, photocopies, and artifacts, most of which document Yarbrough's life and career, as well as her family history. Mary Elizabeth Yarbrough (1904-1984) was one of the first women to receive a graduate degree (M.S. in chemistry, 1927) from North Carolina State College (later North Carolina State University). Mary Yarbrough served on the faculty of Meredith College for many years (1929-1972). In 1941 she received a Ph.D. and Phi Beta Kappa key at Duke University. At Meredith College she headed the chemistry and physics department, and she became an assistant director of the cooperative education program. Less

The Mary-Dell Chilton Papers include laboratory records, correspondence, notes, manuscripts, reprints, articles, and photographs from 1947 through 1999 documenting Chilton's career as a plant geneticist. The bulk of the records are from the late 1970s and early 1980s. Mary-Dell Chilton has worked as a plant geneticist and genetic engineer throughout her career at the University of Washington, Washington University in St. Louis, and at Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc. in Research Triangle Park in North Carolina. Less

This collection contains annual reports from the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MSPCA). These annual reports are from the years 1994-2005. The collection also contains publications published from 1822-2018. This collection was created by the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MSPCA or MSPCA-Angell). The MSPCA is a non-profit organization that protects animals, relieves their suffering, advances their health and welfare, and prevents cruelty. The MSPCA was founded in 1868. It is the second-oldest humane society in the United States. Less

The Matthew Nowicki Drawings and Other Material contain architectural drawings and sketches, but it also includes his writings as well as biographical sketches written about Nowicki. Writings by Nowicki include a speech and several articles on architectural design. Documents written about Nowicki include newspaper and magazine articles, mostly composed after his death, and several biographical compilations of Nowicki's work. Along with Nowicki's drawings and sketches for the North Carolina State Fairgrounds and Dorton Arena, there are preliminary drawings that were done for Mayer and Whittlesey in 1950, drawings for the city of Chandigarh in Punjab, India, and a three-dimensional model of Dorton Arena. Dimensions vary with each drawing and sketch. The smallest are approximately 18 x 26 inches, the largest approximately 26 x 30 inches. Matthew Nowicki (1910-1950), born Maciej Nowicki, was a professor of Architecture and served as the acting Head of the Department of Architecture at North Carolina State College (1948-1950). He studied at the Chicago Art Institute (1922), the School of Design of Gerson-Warsaw (1925-1926), the School of Mehofer-Cracow (1927), and the Polytechnic of Warsaw (1925-1926). Nowicki was born in Chita, Russia and later married artist Stanislawa Sandeck. He designed the interiors of the Carolina Country Club in Raleigh and was a design consultant to William H. Deitrick for Dorton Arena. He also consulted on a State Archives and Museum building (unbuilt) and was a member of the design team for the headquarters of the United Nations. He died in a plane crash over Egypt in 1950 while flying back to the United States from India. Less

The Maurice Hugh Farrier Papers includes personal and professional correspondence, entomology research materials, and a reprint collection of articles and works by internationally acclaimed scientists writing on mites and other insects. The collection chiefly documents Farrier's research and professional activities during his tenure as a professor of Entomology and Forestry in the departments of Entomology and Forestry at North Carolina State University. One of Farrier's main subjects of research was the Veigaiidae (Acarina). In March 1957 he published A Revision of the Veigaiidae (Acarina), which is included in this collection, as is Mites of the Superfamily Parasitoidea (Acarina: Mesostigmata) Associated with Dendroctonus and Ips (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) (December, 1969). Farrier also wrote numerous articles for scholarly journals, news columns in various North Carolina newspapers, and other works. The bulk of the collection consists of a comprehensive compilation of original publications, reprints, and annotated photocopies of articles on mites written by scientists from all over the world. Farrier and his student Michael K. Hennessey used these articles to compile and publish Soil-Inhabiting and Free-Living Mesostigmata (Acari-Parasitiformes) from North America: an Annotated Checklist and Bibliography and Index (1993), a taxonomic index on mites. Farrier and Hennessey also co-authored Systematic Revision of Thirty Species of Free-Living, Soil-Inhabiting Gamasine Mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) of North America (1988) and Mites of the Family Parasitidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) Inhabiting Forest Soils of North and South Carolina (1989). Maurice Hugh Farrier received a B.S. in Zoology and Entomology in 1948 and a Masters degree in Entomology in 1950, both from Iowa State College. Farrier subsequently earned a Ph.D. in Entomology from North Carolina State College (University) in 1955. That same year, he was appointed Assistant Professor at North Carolina State in the Department of Entomology. In 1960, Farrier was promoted to Associate Professor of Entomology, and in 1961, he became Associate Professor of Entomology and Forestry. In 1971, Farrier was promoted to full professor. He retired in 1991. Less

The Max Desfor Photographs and Papers contain photographs taken by Max Desfor while he was employed with the Associated Press from 1940 to 1968. There are also newspaper clippings, personal correspondence, business correspondence and other files dating from 1942 to 2008 as well as numerous photographs and negatives dating from 1936 to 2008. Also included in the collection are many photographs and negatives dated from 1936 to 2008 documenting Desfor's experiences in Korea, Japan, India and many other places, foreign and domestic. Some are photographs Desfor took for AP jobs while others are personal. The collection also contains Desfor's Pulitzer Prize-winning war photo, "Flight of Refugees Across Wrecked Bridge in Korea," taken in 1950, of Korean refugees fleeing along the twisted girders of a bombed bridge. The collection also contains videocassettes and CDs ranging in dates from 1985 to 2008, although most of them are undated, as well as slides from 1969 and 1972. Max Desfor was born in New York City on November 8, 1913. He studied at Brooklyn College in New York. He started his career at the Associated Press in 1933 as a darkroom assistant. In 1938, Desfor became staff photographer at the Associated Press bureau in Baltimore, Maryland. In 1939 he joined the Associated Press staff in Washington, D.C. In 1942 he was promoted to photo editor and in 1944 he was promoted to war correspondent and assigned to photograph Admiral Nimitz's command in the Pacific Ocean area. Less

The MeadWestvaco Research Reports contain various reports and materials created and used by forestry researchers at 14 research stations established and owned by MeadWestvaco from 1945 to 2006. The collection is broken down into four series which correspond to types of reports published. The first contains various lists and indexes and the other three series are research reports, technical memoranda, and information sheets. The largest series contains research reports from each of the 14 research stations about fertilization, herbicide use, chemical debarking, pulpwood growth, stand yield and tree transportation cost analysis. The subject matter of individual reports varies greatly. The technical memoranda and information sheets are supplementary material. In 1945, what would become MeadWestvaco was called the "West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company," with David L. Luke as president. He was the grandson of the original founder William Luke, who founded the company in 1888. David L. Luke oversaw the purchase of many acres of forest in Pennsylvania, Maryland, the Virginias and the Carolinas, where company research stations were later established. His son, David Luke III, became president in 1963, and after that his other son, John A. Luke led the company. A member of the Luke family continues to hold the position of Chief Executive Officer, at present John A. Luke Jr., but the family no longer possesses majority stock ownership. Less

This collection contains newsletters, articles, and publications from the Medical Research Modernization Committee. It includes a few other item as well, such as a certificate of incorporation, correspondence and testimonies. Materials range in date from 1984 to 2001. The Medical Research Modernization Committee describes itself as "a national health advocacy group composed of physicians, scientists and other health care professionals who evaluate the benefits, risks and costs of different health care and medical research methods and technologies." Less

The Melanie Sorrell Papers contain pamphlets, newsletters, reports, and other literature dating from 1986 to 2001, all about containing information about animals at laboratories or used in research, most published by organizations invested in arguing for or against the use of animals in research. Until around 2010, Melanie (Rembert) Sorrell, DVM, MS, was the assistant director of Labratory Animal Resource at NC State University's College of Veterinary Medicine. Less

Meredith Davis has been a professor of graphic design at North Carolina State University since 1989. She served for ten years as the chair of the Department of Graphic Design (now the Department of Graphic Design and Industrial Design) and four years as head of the interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Design program. Her research explores the ways in which design can be used in educational reform efforts in K-12 schools, and the relationship between design and cognition. The Meredith Davis Papers, 1981-2014, contain journal and magazine articles, lecture notes and presentation materials, small- and large-scale design work, and awards and honors related to Meredith J. Davis's career as a graphic designer and educator. These papers document Davis's teaching activities, participation in professional organizations, design work, and research. Less

The Michael K. Stoskopf Papers, 1934-2020, primarily contain files related to Stoskopf's research and teaching and his involvement in professional organizations, particularly the American College of Zoological Medicine and North Carolina State University Center For Marine Sciences and Technology. There are also blueprints from his work with the National Aquarium in Baltimore, Maryland. Digital photographs as well as publications related to veterinary and zoological medicine, aquaculture, wildlife and the enrivonment are also included. While the materials span the time period 1934-2014, most documents date from the 1980s and the 1990s. Michael K. Stoskopf has worked at North Carolina State University since 1989. As of 2020, he directs the Environmental Medicine Consortium at N.C. State and participates actively in the inter-college Fisheries and Wildlife and Marine Sciences programs. He is professor of wildlife and aquatic health in the Department of Clinical Sciences with appointments in Forestry, Biomedical Engineering, and Toxicology. He is the Zoological Focus Leader and teaches extensively in core, selective and elective courses in the DVM curriculum and graduate courses in Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology. Less

The Michael Lea Collection of Science Fiction Magazines contains issues from various publications of science fiction. Some authors included in these publications are George R. R. Martin, Orson Scott Card, Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, Poul Anderson, and Frank Herbert. Publications represented in this collection include Analog Science Fiction and Fact, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Amazing Science Fiction Stories, Galaxy Magazine, IF, and Fantastic. These publication provide short stories, novelettes, and novellas published in multiple parts, as well as editorials and commentary on scientific theory and contemporary events. Materials range in date from 1955 to 2008 with the bulk of the collection being issues of Analog Science Fiction and Fact published from 1964 to 2008. Michael Lea was born October 9, 1940 in Jamestown, North Carolina. He graduated from North Carolina State University in 1962 with a degree in Applied Mathematics. Lea served as the editor of The Technician while he was a student at NC State University. Less

This collection contains materials related to Dr. Loomis's elephant conservation project in Korup, Cameroon. It also contains North Carolina Zoological Park Anesthesia Records, zoological reports and publications, correspondence, and documents relating to the American College of Zoological Medicine. Material in halfbox 9 is restricted. Dr. Michael Loomis served 30 years as the Chief Veterinarian at the North Carolina Zoo; he retired in January 2016. As Chief Veterinarian, Loomis oversaw the division that provides all veterinary medical care for the Zoo’s animal collections. Dr. Loomis received his Veterinary Medicine degree from the University of California, Davis, and received his master's degree in zoology from Indiana University. Dr. Loomis is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Zoological Medicine at North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine (as of 2018). Less

The Michael Overcash Papers contain materials, 1928-2007, documenting Overcash's career as a North Carolina State University faculty member in chemical, biological and agricultural engineering, who studied industrial pollution prevention, waste minimization, life cycle inventory research, and sustainability. Included are reports, research files, computer data and disks, correspondence, and field studies. Also included are scientific literature, catalogs, journals, laboratory notebooks, and published papers. Michael R. Overcash was assistant professor, 1972-1976, and associate professor, 1976-1981, of chemical engineering and biological and agricultural enginnering, and professor, 1981-2007, of chemical engineering at North Carolina State University. Since 2007, Overcash has been a vsiting scholar in industrial and manufaturing engineering at Wichita State University. Overcash has developed an in-depth national research program in two distinctive areas--life cycle inventory research and sustainability research. He has published books on techniques for industrial pollution prevention, organics in municipal sludge land treatment systems, livestock waste management systems, and related subjects. Less

The Milton M. Leonard papers, 1934-1990, contains Dr. Milton Moot Leonard's research files and research papers written by him documenting the contributions he made during his years as a veterinarian in Asheville, North Carolina. Also included are medical pamplets, catalogs, animal x-rays, business correspondences, animal vendor catalogs, NC State University vet school catalogs, and black and white photos. Dr. Milton Moot Leonard (1893-1984) opened a veterinary practice in Asheville, North Carolina, in 1914. Active in veterinary circles, Leonard became the president of the North Carolina Veterinary Medical Association (NCVMA) in 1917 and served in every office of the association. In 1957 Dr. Leonard was named Veterinarian of the Year by the North Carolina Veterinary Medical Association (NCVMA). In 1978, he was awarded the Distinguished Veterinarian Award by the NCVMA. Leonard practiced for more than twenty-six years and attended twenty-six national conventions of veterinarians. He died in October 1984 at the age of ninety-one in Asheville, North Carolina. Less